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Iraq-Jordan
One candidate on Sistani's list gunned down
2004-12-11
Just a snippet from a larger story.
In a worrisome sign, one of the candidates on the 228-member United Iraqi Alliance list was killed after ignoring warnings to remove his name. Sattar Jabar, a leader of Iraq's Hezbollah Shiite movement, was gunned down with two other people Thursday night, aide Essa Sayid Jaafer said. "Sattar Jabar received a threatening letter two days before the assassination," Jaafer said. "The letter mentioned that if you are nominated, you will be killed, but he did not give the threat any attention."
I did a RB search on "Sattar". Found Sheik Abdul-Sattar Abdul-Jabbar, mentioned as a member of the Learned Elders of Islam Association of Muslim Scholars, but that's a Sunni outfit, I thought. Dunno if it's the same guy.
Posted by:Seafarious

#9  HV, Hizb'Allah means Party of God or Army of God, something like that. (Any Arab speakers online? I need some help here!). There are lots of transliterated variations out there, depending on the flavour of the Arab who is speaking, and the aural acuity and spelling acumen of the reporter. Some of these groups are related, others not, but they are all radical ... and not at all nice people.
Posted by: trailing wife   2004-12-11 2:19:08 PM  

#8  Glenmore - interesting thought. I'm sure the AP reporters would wonder about that too, if they ever got out of the hotel bar.
Posted by: 2b   2004-12-11 11:42:29 AM  

#7  Any person/orginazation/object associated with the name Hezbollah=death sentence.
Posted by: raptor   2004-12-11 10:33:42 AM  

#6  I believe this coalition (United Iraqi Alliance), though dominated by Shia, is more broadly based. They went to great lengths to convince some Sunni & Kurd (&, I think, Chaldean) leaders to participate. It would be no surprise if the more radical Sunni thugs murdered a 'traitorous' Sunni who agreed to participate in the election.
Posted by: Glenmore   2004-12-11 9:53:35 AM  

#5  Are there more than one Hezbollah? Seems like a pretty generic name.
Posted by: HV   2004-12-11 9:52:16 AM  

#4  he thought it was some kookie teens havin' fun --armed democracy in action--next
Posted by: SON OF TOLUI   2004-12-11 3:55:36 AM  

#3  This must be party primary season, Iraqi-style.
Posted by: Seafarious   2004-12-11 1:08:58 AM  

#2  Heh, B-a-R, it's AP - you know how sensitive and neutral they are - I think we're good to go.
Posted by: .com   2004-12-11 1:06:13 AM  

#1  If the guy is Hezbollah and he got taken out, it can't be all THAT worrisome...
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-12-11 12:42:48 AM  

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